07 Feb 2006

Verdi's Poisoned Doge Receives Fascistic Staging in Hamburg

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=awK5_5vJcfNM&refer=culture

Simone_Boccanegra_detail.jpgBy Shirley Apthorp

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- In 1363, Simone Boccanegra was fatally poisoned at one of his own banquets, gleefully watched by his political rivals. The first Doge of Genoa was a commoner, hated by the nobility, with a tenuous hold on power and plenty of enemies.